Actus

The dynamic and extremely talented Israeli team known as Actus is actually five of Israel's most outstanding cartoonists, Rutu Modan, Yirmi Pinkus, Mira Friedmann, Batia Kolton, & Itzik Rennert, who pool their talents annually to produce something very special. Founded in the mid-90s, this comics collective has since built a reputation for elegant and thought-provoking publications, and is the recipient of much well-deserved, international acclaim.

Their year 2000 dual releases: FLIPPER 1 and FLIPPER 2. FLIPPER 1 features two original graphic novellas, SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL by Itzik Rennert and BLOOD ENGAGEMENT by Mira Friedmann, as well a specially wacky, full-color supplement by Batia Kolton, entitled DEEP STUFF. In these novellas, Rennert …

Their year 2000 dual releases: FLIPPER 1 and FLIPPER 2. FLIPPER 1 features two original graphic novellas, SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL by Itzik Rennert and BLOOD ENGAGEMENT by Mira Friedmann, as well a specially wacky, full-color supplement by Batia Kolton, entitled DEEP STUFF. In these novellas, Rennert …

Actus' first full-color perfect bound anthology, released in 1999. A drab traveling salesman who falls in love with a Romanian circus aerialist; a young woman who lives next to the entrance to Hell; a magician who loses control of his magic tricks; a piggy bank named Margolis; and a young girls who …